
Best Golf Courses In Northern Ireland
The six counties that make up Northern Ireland are home to over 90 courses. There’s no doubt that the 2019 and 2025 Open venue Royal Portrush, and the truly beautiful Royal County Down, which again ranks 1st in Golf Monthly's Top 100 Golf Courses UK & Ireland list, are the pick of the bunch, but the quality runs deeper. The improving Portstewart has climbed in the Top 100, with three further courses (Ardglass, Castlerock and Lough Erne) on the Next 100 list - ranked between 101st-200th. After that there are courses bearing the names of Harry Colt, James Braid, Fred Hawtree, Donald Steel, and even Peter Alliss. This is a country renowned for its golf, its scenery and its hospitality.